Airlines Temporarily Ban Emotional Support Animals

Last December 2, the Department of Transportation announced that it is currently revising the Air Carrier Access Act on the transportation of service animals via airplanes. The purpose is to ensure a safe and accessible air transportation system.

However, this does not mean that other trained service animals will leave their impaired owners. Service animals like guide dogs for the blind, hearing dogs for the deaf, and mobility assistance dogs for those with mobility problems will remain permitted to stay in the passenger’s cabin alongside those they serve.

Emotional Support Animals will be considered as pets and their owners with a mental illness with a legitimate clinical diagnosis will have to pay travel fees.

Source: Forbes

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